Spring is right around the corner and The Quinte Arts Council is getting ready. The QAC office, gallery and gift shop was closed briefly in order to renovate and refocus. So now, rather than just looking through our front windows and wondering what has been going on, you can come in and enjoy our refreshed and expanded exhibit space.

The mantra of write what you know helped Trish Rainone and Katie Uhlmann create a new web series. Rainone, a Sault Ste. Marie native based in Toronto, and her writing partner, Trenton-native Uhlmann, launched the trailer for Canadian Actors last Thursday. The pair acted and starred in My Roommate’s an Escort, broadcast on YouTube in 2017. They plan

The Speakeasy in the Belleville Club in aid of Quinte Symphony Saturday evening was a different sort of event, but it was a huge success.With live musical entertainment, tasty finger foods and cupcakes, black jack table and live and silent auctions, close to 80 people filled the club to near capacity.Starting the entertainment was a talented quarte

This year’s Family Concerts, on Saturday March 10, present Mozart’s Flights of Fancy. The 11 a.m. concert is geared to three to five-year-olds; the 1:30 p.m. concert appeals to six to 12 year-olds. All tickets are $5, with children under two admitted free. All children must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Tickets are available now at the Belle

This weekend is the 7th annual Belleville Downtown Docfest that kicks off tonight at the gala which is a highly anticipated event taking place at 7 p.m. at the Empire Theatre. It will feature Rumble: Indians Who Rock the World.

The Quinte Cocktail recital last Sunday for students of the Douglas Rice singing and piano studio proved a wealth of talented young people from across the Quinte area and abroad. They performed as soloists, duetists, ensembles and spanned Broadway to classic opera arias.The auditorium of St. Matthew’s Church was filled to near capacity, a deserving

Ron James is back where he belongs: On the road. The comedian with literary leanings, who feels most at home in front of a live audience, is revving up for his latest sojourn with Full Throttle. He’s been touring for 15 years and has become a staple of New Year’s Eve on CBC with his comedy specials. The ninth was just recorded. Here’s James on his

The famous prohibition speakeasy comes to life again on Saturday, March 3, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in The Belleville Club. This event is a project by postgrad students of Loyalist College who have organized it as a fundraiser for The Quinte Symphony.The evening will include both live and silent auctions of donated items, entertainment and food.Some o

It is easy for an organ to fill a church with sound; it is more difficult to fill a church with people. But those two came together Sunday evening in Belleville’s St. Thomas Church when distinguished organist David Briggs performed on the church’s unique Gabriel Kney pipe organ in the church’s third Sunday music performance series.Briggs is an inte

In May of 2017, Susan Holland, curator of the John M. Parrott Gallery at the Belleville Public Library, was contacted by a private art collector in Boca Raton, Florida named Stan Kaplan in hopes that the gallery would be interested in showing selections from his collection of works on paper by Charles Keeling Lassiter, an internationally renowned o

Rock is normally associated with a strong beat, but the March 25 concert by Quinte Symphony will rock its audience in a different way, with spirited and beautiful tunes that could truly be considered “soul” music.There will be a strong British content with works by two English composers. Gustav Holst’s “St. Paul Suite,,” featuring the orchestra’s n

A parade of talent from across the
Quinte area and abroad is lined up for
the second annual Quinte Cocktail
Concert, presented by the Doug Rice
professional music studio in
Belleville. Last year’s event drew a
near capacity crowd to St. Matthew’s
Church on Holloway Street, Belleville,
where this year’s concert will also be
presented on Sunday, Feb.